Driver sought from crash on U.S. 12

Friday

Dec 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM

Dan Cherry Daily Telegram Staff Writer @lenaweecherry

CAMBRIDGE TWP. — Cambridge Township police were looking Thursday afternoon for the driver of a vehicle who fled on foot from the scene of a four-vehicle crash on U.S. 12. that closed the highway for two hours.

Cambridge Township Police Chief Jeff Paterson said the chain-reaction crash started at 6:15 a.m. just west of Hane Highway. A vehicle driven by Dennis Patrick Meyers, 52, of Cement City was driving east on U.S. 12 when he lost control on black ice. His vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a westbound vehicle driven by Rahmon Arnon Zuckerman, 52, of Monroe. Zuckerman reported minor injuries.

Paterson said an eastbound vehicle driven by Hayley Marie Guth-Massey, 20, of Brooklyn also lost control on the black ice while attempting to avoid the first crash. Her vehicle slid into the ditch. Guth-Massey was not injured, Paterson said.

Another eastbound vehicle, driven by Fred Daniel Frasier, 66, of Onsted, also slid on the icy pavement as he attempted to avoid the other two crashes. His vehicle left the roadway and overturned several times along an embankment

A fourth driver headed east on U.S. 12 and who also crashed fled the scene on foot and as of Thursday afternoon had not been located, Paterson said.

U.S. 12 was closed until 8:15 a.m. while police and rescue personnel worked to clear the scene and road crews applied salt to melt the ice. Cambridge Township police were assisted at the scene by the Michigan State Police and the Cambridge Township Fire Department.